Fun Fall Weekend!

Okay, so we technically didn't carve our pumpkins this weekend, but I'm very proud of our accomplishments: This may be the first year I've made something other than a happy face.. I'm proud of myself! (Mine is the owl)

On Friday night, we invited some friends from Church over to make Haunted Gingerbread Houses. Unlike Taylor, I did not make homemade gingerbread, but instead used graham crackers... which is tricky, because grahams aren't very sturdy. But I think the houses turned out great!

Andrea and Chris
Nina and Cooper

Yours truly. Ours was significantly better than last year, what a relief! Saturday morning, we went to Shenandoah National Park. The fall colors were absolutely gorgeous! We were almost too late though.. next year we'll go up earlier.

We did a little hike (3 miles) to Hawksbill Summit, which is the highest point in the park. It was very enjoyable. Later that night, we had a fabulous cousin get-together, but alas I don't have any pictures of this. Fun weekend!

Current Obsessions

Howdy folks! I haven't done one of these posts in a while (or any posts, but you know)... Here are my current obsessions:

First and foremost:

That's right, my husband is the BOMB! He is the best thing that ever happened to me.

Secondly:

I really dig The Script-- and this song in particular. Check it out. NOTE: the music video is pretty lame--- far too literal. Just listen to the words.

Thirdly-- this is some of the leftover chocolate we bought whilst in Switzerland... AMAZING!

*please excuse this GIGANTIC picture, but it insists....*

Clever right? The funny thing is, chocolate chips as we know them don't exist in Europe, so they probably don't fully realize how clever this actually is.

Fourthly--

I LOVED this movie. Neal and I rarely see movies ($$$$) but I'm glad we saw this on Saturday. I'm sure many people will really, really hate it (especially if they know anything about psych wards) but we really enjoyed it. It's funny and uplifting.

Fifthly-- (can you even say fifthly? Oh well)

Smoothies. LOVE THEM! Over the summer I consumed 2 glasses of smoothie a day. Since I started working, it's less because I'm too lazy to make them BUT I am currently sipping one, and guess what? OBSESSED!!!!!

And now... things I'm NOT obsessed with:

First:

Katy Perry. I cannot even express how ANNOYING her songs are!!!!!! Every new Katy Perry song is the new most annoying song I've ever heard..... her songs all song the same and SHE CAN'T SING!!!!!! Hasn't anyone noticed this?!?!?!!?!?! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills! Okay okay, I'll stop talking about her.

Secondly:

Not whatsherface, but the hippy style headband. I'm sure some of my readers sport this.... as gorgeous as you may be, I still don't like it. And I don't really understand it.... it's just weird.

And Finally:

that's right--annoying children. Now, as a Kindergarten teacher, I am around children ALL DAY LONG. Most of them are lovely, HIGHLY gifted (of course), and darling. However, please realize that as parents, you have the power to make your kid less annoying. So please use it. This will probably involve following through, not placating whining, and giving your child rules.* Thank you.

*I know that some of you are rolling your eyes because I don't have any children yet. Please feel free to call me out on this later if I give into my child's every whim, respond immediately to whining, and act like my child controls me at age 5. Thanks.

So there you have it. I hope everyone is doing well!!!!